Criminal Justice (Scotland) Act 1995

117 In section 321 (warrants of apprehension and search)—

(a) in subsection (1), the words “Part IV of Schedule 2 to the Summary Jurisdiction (Scotland) Act 1954 or in” shall cease to have effect;

(b) in subsection (3), the words “either by way of trial or by way of remit to another court” shall cease to have effect;

(c) in subsection (5), for the words from “the date” to the end there shall be substituted—

“(a) the date fixed for the hearing of the case; or

(b) the date when security to the amount fixed under subsection (6) below is found,

whichever is the earlier.” ; and

(d) after subsection (5), there shall be inserted the following subsection—

“(6) A witness apprehended under a warrant under section 320 of this Act shall, wherever practicable, be brought immediately by the officer of law who executed that warrant before a justice, who shall fix such sum as he considers appropriate as security for the appearance of the witness at all diets.”.